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Washington news with a Texas accentFri, 13 Feb 2015 22:20:13 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3Tom Fowler: Of oil speculation, orange juice futures and Eddie Murphy in ‘Trading Places’http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/06/tom-fowler-of-oil-speculation-orange-juice-futures-and-eddie-murphy-in-trading-places/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/06/tom-fowler-of-oil-speculation-orange-juice-futures-and-eddie-murphy-in-trading-places/#commentsTue, 21 Jun 2011 22:48:04 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=12922In May the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed charges against some U.K./Australia oil traders saying they schemed to drive up oil prices in early 2008.
It gave many people a reason to shout "I told you so!" and prompted Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee to post a video that uses scenes from the Eddie Murphy movie "Trading Places" to help explain the CFTC charges against the trader.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/06/tom-fowler-of-oil-speculation-orange-juice-futures-and-eddie-murphy-in-trading-places/feed/0